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Understanding populism: how leaders can better sell economic reform

  • Written by: Anika Gauja, Associate Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney

Economic policies are seldom an easy sell. Think of the government’s continued attempts to get the crossbench to help pass its unpopular corporate tax cuts.

Economic issues matter to Australians. Issues such as housing affordability and inter-generational inequality are prominent in both traditional and social media channels. But we also...

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The Great Australian Plays: The Front Room Boys and New Wave theatre

  • Written by: Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Flinders University
imageThe swinging sixties arrived in Australian theatre with a bang. Aussie~mobs/Flickr

“Fucken boong”. With these words Australian theatre entered the swinging sixties – eight years after the decade began.

The two profanities capture the spirit of rebellion that characterised a new generation of theatre artists. They are the last line...

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End of the road? Why it might be time to ditch your car

  • Written by: Anthony James, Lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology
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The average car is stationary 96% of the time. That’s a fairly consistent finding around the world, including in Australia. A car is typically parked at home 80% of the time, parked elsewhere 16% of the time, and on the move just 4% of the time. And that doesn’t include the increasing time we spend at a standstill in traffic.

Bill Ford,...

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How far they'll go: Moana shows the power of Polynesian celestial navigation

  • Written by: Duane W. Hamacher, Senior ARC Discovery Early Career Research Fellow, Monash University
imageMoana takes to the sea.Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

This article contains minor spoilers.

One of the greatest feats of human migration in history was the colonisation of the vast Pacific Ocean by Polynesian peoples. They achieved it thanks to their sophisticated knowledge of positional astronomy and celestial navigation.

The Disney film Moana...

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